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The original documents are located in Box 3, folder "Aging - Older Americans Month" of
the Sarah C. Massengale Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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The item described below has been removed.
New File Location: Photographic collection
Document Description: 1- 8" X 10" B and W glossy photograph of
GRF signing the Older Americans Month proclamation on
April 5, 1976, with various guests looking on.
Old File Location: Domestic Council, Sarah Massengale--Health, Xxx
Welfare and Social Security File, Aging-Older
Americans Month
By
PLConway
Date 6/28/79
NLFP - 11/4/77
THE WHITE HOUSE
ACTION MEMORANDUM
WASHINGTON
Date: April 7
Time: 230pm
LOG NO.: file
FOR ACTION: Pam Needham
CC (for information): Warren Hendriks
Max Friedersdorf
Jim Cavanaugh
Ken Lazarus
Jack Marsh
Jerry Warren
Tod Hullin
FROM THE STAFF SECRETARY
DUE: Date: April 8
Time: 300pm
SUBJECT:
Proclamation: Older Americans Month
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REMARKS:
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PLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.
If you have any questions or if you anticipate CL
delay in submitting the required material, please
Bondrik:
telephone the Staff Secretary immediately.
For the President
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
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National Archives and Records Service
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GENERAL SERVICES
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April 4, 1975
Mr. Robert D. Linder
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Linder:
Transmitted herewith is a proposed proclamation entitled "Older
Americans Month, 1975. "
The proposed proclamation has been reviewed in this Office and
approved for conformity with the provisions of Executive Order
11030, as amended.
Sincerely,
FRED J. EMERY
Director of the Federal Register
Enclosures
Keep Freedom in Your Future With U.S. Savings Bonds
Office of the Attorney General
FRO
SEQUITUR
Washington, n. d. 20530
DONNA
JUSTITIA
APR 2 1975
The President,
The White House.
My dear Mr. President:
I am herewith transmitting a proposed proclamation
entitled "Older Americans Month, 1975. "
This proposed proclamation was presented by the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and has been
forwarded for the consideration of this Department as to
form and legality by the Office of Management and Budget
with the approval of the Director, after revision in that
agency. Further minor changes in the proclamation have
been made in this Department.
The proposed proclamation is approved as to form and
legality.
Respectfully,
Antonin Scalia
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
APR 2 1975
MEMORANDUM
Re: Proposed proclemation entitled
"Older Americans Month, 1975
The attached proposed proclamation was presented
by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and
has been forwarded for the consideration of this
Department as to form and legality by the Office of
Management and Budget with the approval of the Director,
after revision in that agency. Further minor changes in
the proclamation have been made in this Department.
The proposed proclamation designates the month of
May 1975 as Older Americans Month and urges everyone to
participate in efforts to achieve the goal of proclaiming
a new Declaration of Rights and Obligations of Older
Persons.
There is no statutory request for issuance of the
proclasation. However, the President may issue it under
his powers as Chief Executive. Similar proclamations have
been issued annually since 1963. In 1973 and prior years
the proclamations designated "Senior Citizens Month.
The proposed proclemation is acceptable as to form
and legality.
Antonin Scalia
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
GENERAL COUNSEL
MAR 2 5 1975
Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
Washington, D. C. 20530
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
Herewith, in accordance with the provisions of Exec-
utive Order No. 11030, as amended, is a proposed
Proclamation entitled "Older Americans Month, 1975. #
This proposed Proclamation is not issued pursuant to
statutory authorization. Similar Proclamations have
been issued since 1963. Last year the title was
changed from "Senior Citizens Month" to "Older Americans
Month." The proposed Proclamation was submitted by the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and has
been slightly revised in this office.
This proposed Proclamation has the approval of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
(Signed) William M. Nichols
William M. Nichols
Acting General Counsel
Enclosures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, 1974
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
America possesses no greater natural resource than the
collective wisdom and experience of its older citizens.
The first White House Conference on Aging, held in
January of 1961, resulted in a Senior Citizen's Charter on
the rights and obligations of older persons and represented
an important first step toward giving proper recognition
to our older citizens. The second White House Conference
on Aging, which was held in December of 1971, broadened
that recognition and deepened our national commitment to
the welfare of the elderly.
The eve of our Nation's Bicentennial seems a most
fitting moment for considering the development of a new
Declaration of Rights and Obligations of Older Persons.
Consideration of that new declaration should begin immedi-
ately at the community level so that it may be proclaimed
at the State and national levels as part of our Bicentennial
celebration.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby designate the month
of May 1974, as Older Americans Month, and urge all who
participate in State and community programs in observance
of this month to call attention to the 1961 Senior Citizen's
Charter and to undertake consideration of ways and means of
achieving the goal of proclaiming a new Declaration of
Rights and Obligations for Older Persons which can become
a rallying point for our Nation during the Bicentennial
year of 1976.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first
day of May , in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth.
RICHARD NIXON
FORD LIBRARY & 9ERALD
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OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, 1975
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
It is gratifying to note that, throughout the
Nation, there is increasing awareness of the growing
national resource represented by our older citizens.
Wisely focused, their collective knowledge, experience,
and energy can contribute significantly to raising
the quality of life for all of us in all our com-
munities throughout the land.
The first White House Conference on Aging in 1961
produced a Senior Citizens Charter on the rights and
obligations of older persons which has served to give
recognition to meeting the needs of our growing numbers
of older citizens. The second White House Conference
on Aging, held in 1971, broadened that recognition and
deepened our commitment to providing opportunities to
our older citizens for maintenance of income and health
and for self-realization and continuing usefulness.
It is appropriate to reconsider the Charter with
a view towards developing a Declaration of Rights and
Obligations of Older Persons. People of all ages at
community, State and National levels should join in
the development of such a declaration so that it can
be proclaimed as part of our Bicentennial celebration.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of
the United States of America, do hereby designate the
month of May 1975 as Older Americans Month. I urge
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everyone to participate in the efforts to achieve
the goal of proclaiming a new Declaration of Rights
and Obligations of Older Persons, which can become
a rallying point for our Nation during the Bicentennial
year of 1976 and a guide to action during the years
ahead.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
this
day of
, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the
one hundred ninety-ninth.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 26, 1973
Office of the White House Press Secretary
(Key Biscayne, Florida)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH, 1973
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today more than 20 million Americans have six and a half decades or more
of life behind them, and rich years of promise still before them. This
distinguished generation grew up with the twentieth century, and they came
to the fullness of their maturity at the same time America did. They have
stood in the forefront of this country's rise to unprecedented national
well-being and to the world leadership role which is ours today.
Our older citizens have given their best to America. Now they deserve the
best from America.
Senior Citizens Month each year is a time for all our people to renew the
recognition, the respect, and the active concern which properly belong to
older Americans.
The theme of this year's observance is OLDER AMERICANS IN ACTION.
It points our attention to the basic fact that most older people are not mere
onlookers in our society nor are they society's wards. They remain vital,
versatile, and highly valued contributors to the quality of American life.
Government's actions on behalf of older Americans must never become
mere caretaking. Rather they must be designed to free and assist senior
citizens so that they can remain active and involved, in ways of their own
choosing. This principle has guided us as Federal spending to help older
Americans has increased by almost three-fourths during the past four years.
But Senior Citizens Month 1973 must be something more than a time for
renewing our commitment to Government efforts concerning older Americans
-- important as these efforts are. It must also be a time for strengthening
those human bonds which will ensure older Americans an active and honored
place in our families, our communities, and our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate the month of May, 1973, as Senior Citizens
Month.
I invite the officials of the Federal, State, and local governments, leaders
of voluntary and private organizations, and all Americans everywhere to join in
appropriate recognition of OLDER AMERICANS IN ACTION during this month a
and throughout the coming year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day
of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-
seventh.
RICHARD NIXON
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